Good thing for us, we can find all sorts of gadgets and toys to lessen the headache that traveling can bring. Here are some of my favorites – some I have and more on my wish list.

1. Apple iPod or any mp3 player. I was having second thoughts about writing “any mp3 player” as most people I know will not accept anything but an iPod, but the point is to have music to soothe you or to pump you up while waiting for your flight or while you’re trying to get over your fear of flying.
2. Kindle or any other e-book reader. I do not have a Kindle, although I wouldn’t mind getting one this Christmas. What I use is the PSP, and it works perfectly well. There’s nothing like reading to pass time!
3. Netbook. A MUST. It combines the functions of items 1 and 2 plus more. Having a netbook handy can help you tune out the crowd as you watch movies, surf the net, write, listen to music, or play a game. I also like to lug around my USB wireless Internet dongle with me as I have no assurance of access to the Internet everywhere I go.

And what’s on your geek travel bag?

Words on the streets are saying that Cisco who bought Pure Digital makers of the Flip Mino camcorder are coming up with a new version of their flagship pocket video recorder, something that would have Wi-Fi connectivity features.

If you’ve owned one of these ultra-pocketable camcorders that lets you capture short videos that you can share with your pals via YouTube and other video sharing site, you would certainly be excited about this.

The Flip Mino camcorder should have this feature a long time ago, to make it truly a made-for-YouTube video capturing device.  This will surely crack up Flip’s rivals, as this feature would certainly bring in new interests to the Flip camcorder.

Count me in the early adopters once this new Flip Mino with Wi-Fi comes out. It would be a good replacement to my less than a year old Flip Mino HD.

Other reported features of this new Flip camcorder include –  ”a large screen that slides to reveal the record and menu buttons underneath.”

Check out the order Flip videocamcorder here.

Couldn’t have said it better, huh? Anyhow, this company offers all sorts of personalization services for mobile phone users of all brands. Some of the more popular brands that they deal with are Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Blackberry, and HTC. They do sell the mobile phone units as well, although I am more interested in their new service of engraving messages onto mobile phone cases.

I think it’s much like the free engraving that Apple offers for its products, except that Accessory Geeks offers the engraving for solid mobile phone cases and leather casings. They currently have three different fonts: Arial, Script, and Times New Roman, which is kinda disappointing as I think they’re just too plain. Then again, maybe simplicity is the key here. Also, the engraving is limited to 20 characters, so you would have to use text lingo to cram your message in there.

Coupons are available for the first 300 customers, which will entitle them to free engraving. More so, by next year, engraving of images will be available. Now that’s something I would like to see!

Three years after launching its Zune entertainment product, Microsoft has finally realized the need to make it international. Financial Times is reporting that Microsoft is about to launch its Zune entertainment brand outside of the U.S. Obviously, Microsoft has finally realized that they can’t compete with Apple’s iPod brand if the Microsoft Zune HD remains within the confines of the U.S. market.Alright, Microsoft fanboys who are not based in the U.S. This is it, your wait might  soon be over. Although no defnite details have been out yes, it’s enough to know that Microsoft has bigger plans for the Zune product.

Apple’s iPod need a worthy rival. And the Microsoft Zune HD might just be it. Currently, Microsoft’s Zune product ranks only at number 4 in the U.S. mp3 player market – a mere 2% share of the market.

Microsoft has a lot of cathing up to do. Hope they do it right this time.

For Dell, a mini-computer with powerful features doesn’t have to be expensive. Hence, their new Zino HD mini-computers can be had for only $299 for the basic configuration. This price can go as high as $799 if you opt for a more powerful mini-computer.

Anyway, the Zino HD mini-computer  is actually more of an entertainment PC.  It runs on AMD Athlon Dual-Core processor and a choice of Windows 7 OS as well XP, Vista or Ubuntu Linux.

If you have a money to burn, you might want so consider buying the Mac Mini instead. If you’re frugal like me, I’ll be contend with the Dell Zino HD mini computer.

Benq has recently tipped Forever Geek that it has lowered the price of the normally $499 Benq GP1 to $399. You can purchase the projector from the Benq online store. Use promo code earlyblkfriday to avail of the discount.

The Benq GP1 features a 100 ANSI Lumens, built-in USB reader (for movies and music), and an optional iPod dock accessory. Remember that this is a LED projector, which means 100 ANSI Lumens is very bright!

Full review to come soon …

As if it was not enough that their weighing scale is WiFi-enabled, Withings went far beyond imagination and made their bathroom scale Twitter-enabled.  What? Seriously?

Well, believe it or not it’s true. Withings’ bathroom scale not only measures your body and fat information but lets you store the “sensitive” information in the cloud as well. And worst, you can access the information using your iPhone.

But, even more worst is the fact that you can now twit those information to your Twitter followers. Do they really think that ladies would use this device? I don’t think so. My wife won’t even let me know this information about her.

But of course, the prerogative to twit your body and fat information still rest upon you. So, you might still be interested to get this device. It’s available now in the U.S. and would set you back for only $138 including shipping.

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Dubbed The Edge – official name enTourage eDGe – this new “toy” is actually a dual screen gadget. Obviously, one screen is meant for the usual netbook activities that you engage in, while the other screen is in grayscale for reading e-books. One screen is a 10-inch LCD and the other is a 9.7-inch e-ink display. The former screen’s resolution in 1024 x 600 and is touch screen! You may opt to use the stylus or, if you have clean fingers, your bare hands will do the trick as well. The latter screen has a resolution of 1200 x 825 and only responds to the stylus.

What other features does The Edge have? Take a look at this:

• 3 GB of built-in storage
• Bluetooth 2.1
• A slot for an SD card
• 2 USB ports
• Headphone and microphone jacks (standard size)
• Stereo speakers (built-in)
• Battery that can run for 6 hours (both displays) or 16 hours (e-ink display)

I am pretty impressed with those specs! For $490, it just might be my next toy!

How’s Lightning McQueen and the other Disney Cars that twinkle when you have a new email sounds to you?

Well, you might want to get the Disney Cars USB Email Alert from USB Brando. I’m not really sure if they are the same company that sells those leather phone cases. But anyway, this USB Email Alert device supports Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook Express and those POP3 email accounts. It works in the background just like your normal browser-based email alert service.

The car will emit a peculiar sound effect or twinkle everytime you receive an email or when there too many unread emails in your inbox.

Here’s the fun part, the Disney Car USB device interacts with your keyboard’s typing motion too.

The Disney Cars USB Email Alerts will set you back for $33.00. And it’s available from this site. You choose any of the Disney Cars such  Lightning McQueen, The King, Doc Hudson, Chip Hicks, or Mater. Or better yet get them all.

How did the line goes? – Too infinity an beyond! Ops, I think that was from another movie.

While this Three Dee Power Socket design concept can’t do anything to help about the tangle of wires that emanate from peripherals and turn into plastic spaghetti, it could at least save some space and make the power strip or extension cord redundant.

It’s especially useful when you have things that need to be plugged in and out on a regular basis, such as cellphone chargers, as it expands and contracts as required.

When you’ve only got one thing to plug in, it sits flush on the wall and accepts a single plug, just like a normal power outlet. However, when you want two or more plugs from a single socket, it pulls out.

Generally, I’m not a fan of the traditional “cube” power block, partly because the old-fashioned ones can actually be a bit of a hazard if they’re not used properly. However, this one looks much more sturdy because it’s built in to the wall rather than being a separate unit.

It doesn’t exist yet, but you never know: someone might try to construct it.

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Hubby tears apart the wrapping of a gift, then carefully opens the box. The gadget will be handled lovingly, plugged in, and then this pensive look appears on his face. Where would I be during all this? You got it – leafing through the thick manual, because I know that at some point, I will be asked a question or two about what to do because something’s not right.

That’s exactly what the survey found out (data courtesy of BBC):

• The service found that 64% of its male callers and 24% of its female callers had not read the instruction manual before ringing up.
• 12% of male and 7% of female customers simply needed to plug in or turn on their appliance.
• Women spent 32% longer on the phone to their helpers than men – but 66% of the helpline staff preferred speaking to them, the survey found.

I could have told you the exact same thing based on observation and experience – minus the figures, of course.

Now you tell me – do you read the manual before you get all frustrated? Do you even KNOW there is a manual included in the box? ;)

I was doing my Etsy rounds earlier and I stumbled upon this shop called Coolbeans717. this shop focuses on cases made of felt. It features cases for various gadgets like the iPhone, iPod (various models), and the Zune. There are around 40 or so cases on offer in the shop, but here are the ones that I think might interest you.

Spam Meat Can Felt Case

As you can see, it looks just like that good old Spam – who doesn’t like Spam? At the back of the case, you can make use of the pocket for headphones and other small items that you like to bring around with you. This case can fit iPhones, the iPod Classic, and the iTouch. Phones of similar sizes will also fit. This goes for $25.

Pac Man Clyde Ghost Felt Case

Now THAT’s classic, isn’t it? This case also fits the same items mentioned above, and it comes in other “ghost variations.” It will set you back $20.

Great Christmas gift ideas, don’t you think?

Believe it or not folks, the cellphone you see in the attached image is actually a working phone. Well, at least if you are in China where it is currently available on a limited supply only.

What can I say? It’s the ultimate dream phone for all you die-hard Michael Jackson fans.  Whoever conceptualized the design of this MJ phone is definitely a true-blooded Michael Jackson fans. Everything about the design speaks of MJ’s style and persona. It’s like MJ personified. This limited edition Michael Jackson is packed with some MJ goodies as well, particularly a complete DVD set of all Michael’s live performances. It could probably a case of music piracy so, I’m not really endorsing it.

But if you’re a MJ fan, you might be contacting your friendly Chinese importer right now to get this gadget for you.

Feature-wise, there’s nothing much that we can see from the attached image of the phone’s promotional flyer except for – Bluetooth,USB support, high-def camera, ebook reader, and FM radio. Of course the it’s also a music phone.

We have no way of telling how much this phone is going to cost you. But who cares, right? You’re not likely to get it anyway, are you?

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myGrid is a dock which can charge various gadgets at the same time. Think about it, if you have a mobile phone (or two), an mp3 player (or two), and other gadgets, you would probably have lots of wires lying around in a corner near the wall socket. This could get really irritating, not to mention dangerous!

With myGrid, you have just one dock and one wire – from the dock to the socket. One really cool feature of this device is that it has the capability to charge gadgets wirelessly! Of course, the gadgets have to be myGrid-enabled. Currently, myGrid-enabled gadgets are Blackberry, Motorola, and the iPhone. You just need to place these gadgets on the grid and you’re good to go. Even better, you can charge up to four gadgets at a time!

For gadgets which are not enabled, you can purchase add-ons such as the Duracell Power Clip. This will allow you to charge your devices which can connect through the USB port. You can purchase the myGrid Starter Kit from Amazon for a discounted price of $76.79. Add-ons are also available.

Don’t strive too hard for that college degree – iPhone users place more value on the cool gadgets that you own anyway. If you were thinking to impress that guy or girl with a degree with lots of fancy words, chuck the idea. Just work hard to get money saved up to buy yourself a plethora of cool gadgets!

On a similar note, if you have “out-of-date” gadgets, forget your chances with an iPhone owner. The survey found out that one in three iPhone owners find old gadgets a turn off. So make sure you do not bring out that brick of a cell phone in front of them! Then again, perhaps you should just get an iPhone and forget all about everything else.

How’s this for irony: one out of four iPhone owners broke up with their partner for the simple reason that that partner spent too much time on his/her mobile device! I honestly don’t get this. I would have thought that the iPhone user would be spending way too much time on his/her toy as well.

For more of these “facts,” visit the whole article here.

How many thumb drives have you bought so far? I’ve got a couple of them and I would say that this tiny portable storage devices definitely come in handy for bringing along important files wherever I go. The problem is most thumb drives come with a transfer speed of around 480/mbps. And that could be slow especially when transferring around 4GB of data.

Enter SuperTalent’s RAIDDrive – a USB 3.0 powered thumb drive which brags of up a nominal 4.8GB/s transfer speed.  4.8GB/s? So now we’re talking.What’s cool about this thumb drive is that you can still plug into USB 2.0 ports and it works like your ordinary USB thumb drive with the same transfe speed as USB 2.0 drives.

But when you plug it into a proper USB 3.0, that’s when the transfer speed comes in.

The SuperTalent RAIDDrive is available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities. It utilizes a “multiple pairs of differential serial data lines technology.” In non-geek term it simply means that the technology it employs boost the performance of the thumb drive significantly.

The SuperTalent RAIDDrive is scheduled for a December release. Pricing info is currently unavailable.

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Here’s a neat little invention that can solve those issues – the Neuber Energy Sun Bag. It’s basically a carrying bag and charger all in one. It has some Konarka Power Plastic solar panels on the outside, ensuring that you will have enough juice even if you go to the middle of nowhere with no electric power. All you need is the power of the sun and you’re good to go!

Obviously, you are putting a premium on convenience here. The bag weighs in at only 500 g – roundabouts a pound – with all the stuff necessary to make it function included. That will, of course, be heavier with your netbook, cell phones, mp3 players, etc. in it. The picture shown above is a basic model, but there are 36 other colors that you can choose from, so throw your fashion worries out the window!

More than the convenience, however, the idea of using solar power is definitely a positive one – you can do your bit for Mother Earth. The price, though, is not that nice as it is supposed to go for 99euros (a little over $100). If you travel a lot, I say that it’s worth it, don’t you think?

Can you believe it? Are we users so addicted to Twitter, tweets, twittering and retweets enough for an electronics manufacturer to  consider releasing a Twitter stand-alone device?  Believe it or not but it’s true, the TwitterPeek gadget was made for the sole purpose of doing all your Twitter activities.Even more interesting is the fact that TwitterPeek is not yet officially announced by the manufacturer and yet it is already listed at Amazon for $199.

Details about TwitterPeek are pretty interesting:

• World’s first Twitter mobile device
• Unlimited tweets and direct messages
• Nationwide coverage. No wifi signal necessary
• Includes service for lifetime of device
• No contracts or hidden fees
• “Always on” instant tweet delivery
• Full QWERTY keyboard, large color screen, click scroll wheel
• Long battery life lasts up to 4 days

Obviously TwitterPeek wants to challenge smartphones and other mobile devices in offering a gadget where you can stay connected on Twitter, tweet and reply on the go and without the hassles and costs of maintaining a mobile phone or mobile internet device.

But the question is – does the price justifies what TwitterPeek can actually do?

via LiveDigitally

Call it sheer geekiness or simply the lack of anything productive to do, but these two guys certainly deserve some credit for working on thees iPhone costumes. You might want to emulate them and create one that you can wear on Halloween. Who knows you might scare away your friends or neighbors who are still using the BlackBerry or Android Phone.

Incidentally, these two were the same guys who did a similar iPhone costume in 2007. So, definitely it was a 1st gen iPhone costume and lacks the current version of the costume’s LCD TVs plus actual car batteries to power-up them up.

And like I said, despite the lack of productive purpose, these two guys still deserve some accolades because those costumes weighs 85 pounds. You can just imagine how burdensome it would be to wear those costumes.

In case you’re wondering, those LCD screens are not touchs enabled. It would been great if they are.

via TUAW

Rekindle just a little of the classic arcade game magic while also having a neat, though potentially irritating, way to be woken up in the morning.

The Space Invaders alarm clock, fully licensed by Taito, is exclusive to Firebox in the UK and features a cacophony of familiar sights and sounds whenever the alarm goes off.

Watch a demo of the alarm on the product page. It’s £24.95 ($41).

If you’re not yet into e-books,  well  you’re in luck. It’s not hard to get into e-book reading today especially since you have several options on what e-book reader to get. Here are some of the e-book readers available in the market today  in case your interested to join the e-book bandwagon.Amazon Kindle

Of course you’ve heard of the Amazon Kindle.  What started as a 6-inch reader that displays e-books in e-ink against a gray background now has a larger 9-inch model. And it’s even going international as announced a few days ago. This means, that non-U.S. readers can now purchase the Kindle from Amazon and connect to the Amazon Kindle Store to get their fix of e-book goodness.

Sony e-Book Reader

The Kindle’s closest rival in the e-book reader market. It supports multiple file formats including ePub and PDF. Aside from tying up with Google books, Sony has also established its own online e-book store. The Sony eReader price starts from $199.99 for the Pocket edition and $299.99 for the Touch edition.

These two e-book readers are currently the major players in the eReader market. But there are other manufacturers who are planning to join the fun.

LG’s Solar Powered e-Book Reader

LG recently launched its own e-book reader and it has caught many people’s attention because  it is said to be solar-powered. It has a 10 centimeter wide thin-film panel that absorbs the sun’s energy to provide a full day’s worth of reading time. Other details of this e-book reader are yet to be announced but it is enough that we know that it is going to be one of those environment-friendly gadgets.

Plastic Logic’s Que Reader

Plastic Logic’s upcoming e-book reader has been getting a lot of attention lately.  In fact just today, it has finally been christened as the Plastic Logic QUE e-Book Reader. It is also rumored that this e-book reader will tie-up with Barnes and Nobles which recently launched it’s online e-book store.  With this tie-up Amazon should start worrying about its Kindle business.

Eee Reader

When Asus announced that it will be coming up with an Eee Reader, many got excited simply because Asus was able to to bring the netbook market to where it is right now with its famous Eee PC netbook line. Hopefully, the Eee Reader would materialize soon, as Asus promises to bring down the cost of e-book readers to the level which  majority of consumers will easily afford.

These are just five of the e-book readers that are expected to further shape the gradually becoming popular e-book reader market. Of course, it would be great if Google which announced its online e-book store recently, the Google Editions would join the fun and perhaps even with Apple and Microsoft might join the party soon.

I’m not a professional photographer although most of my friends are inclined to consider me as such. But when asked if I am a pro, I’d always reply that I’m more of a photo hobbyists/enthusiasts. Anyway, that’s not the subject of this article but what I really want to know is just how many digital cameras do you have right now? To make it more fun, let’s include phone cameras. And to make it even more fun, let’s include the cameras in your household.

I’ve got seven of them and they are:

Canon EOS 40D – Bought this one year ago as a replacement to my old Canon 400D (sorry Nikon fanboys). Along with this camera are several accessories including an external Speedlite 480ex, a Lowerpro camera bag, extra Li-ion battery, screen protectors. Obviously this one is what I use for my photo gigs.

Canon Ixus 100IS – This baby never leaves my pocket or bag. It’s so small that I could slipped it into my pocket and bring it anywhere I go. What for? Mostly for food photography.

iPhone 3GS Camera – If I want to share photos quickly to Facebook, I use my iPhone’s camera. The 3MP would produce decent quality photos. But lately, I’ve been using it because of the photo enhancement apps that I’ve downloaded. The most recent was “The Best Camera App.”

Sony Ericsson G900 Camera – It beats the iPhone’s 3MP camera but the only gripe about it is that it focus to slowly. The iPhone camera is faster.

Canon A650IS – My wife’s trusty old 12MP Camera. She’s waiting for me to hand her down the IXUS 100IS before she disposes this camera. I’ve used this several times and I would have to say that this camera is decent enough and falls just a little bit short of the Canon G90 in terms of features and functionality.

iPhone 3G Camera – This is my wife’s phone which she inherited from me after I got my 3GS. Lower MP than the 3GS but could still produce good quality photos.

Flip MinoHD – This is more for videos but you can produce still images from those videos. Never tried it though.

Sony Ericsson W760i – This one also beats the iPhone 3GS’ camera with its 3.2MP camera with auto-focus. Good enough to take decent quality photo.

There you go, 7 still image capturing devices. Care to share you collection of digital and mobile phone cameras?

1. LaCie Starck Desktop/Mobile hard drives

Desgned by Philippe Starck, these cool hard drives (one for the desktop, one for mobile users) look amazing, are made from thick aluminium casing, have a touch sensitive surface for quick launch of applications, and come with auto-backup software.

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2. Buffalo SuperSpeed USB 3.0 hard drive

Not only does Buffalo’s hard drive use the cutting edge USB 3.0 high speed interface offering up to 125MB/s data transfer rates, but its black curvy body is well worth showing off as you transfer high definition movies back and forth in mere seconds.

3. Buffalo MiniStation

Attractive portable hard drives from Buffalo feature built-in security and direct USB connection without the need for an additional power supply.

4. Toshiba portable hard drive

This 400GB portable hard drive from Toshiba has some cool blue swishes on it and has NTI Shadow backup software built in.

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5. Seagate FreeAgent Pro

Like orange? Try this desktop hard drive from Seagate: the FreeAgent Pro, available in a range of capacities and connectable via FireWire, USB 2.0 or eSata.

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6. Suissa Shadow Wooden external hard drive

If you yearn for a wood effect on your gadgets, check out this hard drive from Suissa.

As you can see, this maplewood drive has plenty of connectivity so it’s also a USB hub.

Each unit is built to order.

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7. Seagate eSATA external hard drive

Sports one of the most up-to-date data connections and 500GB of storage.

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8. Iomega Camo Ego hard drive

Check out the camouflage on this hard drive, the Iomega Camo Ego. It’s not just pretty colours either, as it has Drop Guard protection built in to protect data, plus a Power Grip band that is supposed to provide stability and extra durability.

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9. GigaBank 1TB hard drive

One terabyte of storage as two 500GB drives in an array, with some interesting curves on the body and stand.

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10. Anaconda 1TB hard drive

Not much to say about this drive, except to note the cool blue light swish on the front panel.

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11. LaCie Rugged XL hard drive

Definitely one for orange lovers who need rugged protection for their hard drive.

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12. Fabrik SimpleTech [re]drive

Offering Turbo USB 2.0 for 25% faster performance and an enclosure made from sustainable bamboo.

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For those who aren’t scratching their vinyl (in a DJ kinda way, not in a careless way), but do have a record collection worth playing or converting to digital, the Linos USB record player could be the most portable solution.

Interestingly, the designer reckons you shouldn’t use the device if you don’t like music OR if you’re an audiophile. Either that’s an incorrect use of the word, or the sound quality isn’t actually good enough for those who absolutely revere the analogue platter format.

I don’t own any records but I can see this being a useful addition for those who don’t want the bulk of a hi-fi component but still want to dust off the old collection from time to time.

Not quite sure where you can get it from, or how much it costs.

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My mousepad is constructed in such a way that my laser mouse works quite well on it (until I drop it off the edge onto the desk, that is) should I still wish to use it.

However, the really innovative move by a mousepad manufacturer worried about dwindling sales is to… put a note pad on it.

Yes, really.

This isn’t just a pad of paper stuck on top of the mouse pad. It’s more like a magic slate, so you can write whatever you like using either your fingers or a stylus, and that will stay put on the mat until you lift the top sheet.

It’s perhaps come a little late for a lot of people, given that there are a lot of other ways of leaving notes for yourself or others, both physical and virtual. Still, it’s just $14.99 so might be worth a look.

You can get it from Quirky

PS I just love the URL of the site I found it on. I must admit I thought of “scratch ‘n’ sniff” when I first read it!

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Actually, no, scratch that, I haven’t, but I can see some use for the DIY fridge magnet clock here.

The idea is that you attach the basic mechanism to the fridge door and then place various “activity” discs around to form the 12 hours of the day. In fact, you could probably use even less, as seen in the picture.

The concept is probably good for those who have a very regular schedule, but I don’t think it would work for me. Though I might get up at much the same time every day and make a coffee, I don’t need the fridge to tell me to do that. Plus, I don’t think I’ll be regularly (if ever) taking part in some of the activities depicted on the blue magnetic discs:

Make what you will of some of those. You could probably quite easily make your own activity discs too.

Where does the kit come from? We don’t know, sorry.

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It comes with a little mallet, much like that found on a xylophone, which allows the user to know how much water (if any) is in the jug based on the tones made by the hammer when it strikes the body and the handle.

When the two tones are the same, the pitcher is empty, yet the fuller the jug is the higher the note emitted from the body, while the tone from the handle stays the same.

I guess it has some practical advantages for the visually impaired, or just as a cool little trick to know whether there’s water available without lifting the lid.

It’s a concept design by Petit Invention.

That space around the back of your iMac: what is it good for?

Not much, so why not put a BackPack on it: a sturdy little shelf that could hold a hard drive or even a Mac Mini (apparently).

They can be stacked up and rely on gravity and a couple of clips, so no damage will be done to the computer. There’s also the added benefit of ventilation for devices that need it.

Available for $29.99 each, or $149.99 for a six pack.

There are three to choose from, loaded up with either Donkey Kong Jr, Mario’s Cement Factory or Super Mario Bros. You might find your keyring decoration far outweighs the number of keys you have.

They’re styled as miniature Game Boys and cost just £9.99 (about $15) each. I saw them at Firebox.

Next you’ll be tattooing Mario and Luigi on your feet.

Although I am big fan of the simplicity of Field Notes, and actually a plain boring notebook use, I love the concept of this retro floppy disc notebook.

Maybe not as simple or practical to put in your pocket as Field Notes, this one’s got the looks. More than just the front, the back of the notebook looks totally ace (pictured below).

Biggest minus point about this 6cm by 6cm notebook is that it only 60 pages has and a whopping €8.50 costs. Still, the look of it is ace!

Get it for little more than $300 (WTF!?) from BBTS.

Today be no exception to this as we present you the Lego coffee table Foosball table top by MTDewMonkey

I’m proud to introduce you to my latest and greatest M.O.C. The all new never before seen LEGO Coffee Table Foosball Table! That’s right! The soccer set we actually wanted! Entertain your AFOL friends at your next LUG meeting and challenge them to a game. Battle it out and claim victory for your custom minifig team. All LEGO fans will love the LEGO Coffee Table Foosball Table. It fits any theme, as long as you have the minifigs. And for all you Steampunk Lovers out there it comes in an authentic “faux” oak woodgrain finish.

Source: MTDewMonkey’s flickr.

Here’s a great little digital clock made up from OLEDs. Each figure can be attached to a wall, has its own power supply, is touch-sensitive and even has a light sensor built in to reverse the illumination based on the ambient light.

It’s certainly minimal and would look great on the wall. Unfortunately it doesn’t have a manufacturer yet. Check out the pictures below.

Not known if this item from Famous When Dead is for sale, but one would hope not!

Only $18.